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Pictures From the Park

Just a few pictures from my favorite place for a walk at the end of the fall in 2008.

 

Eggs...eggs and more eggs

I love eggs! All types, breakfast eggs, eggnog, hard boiled eggs, etc. it is too bad I can’t drink eggnog during this holiday season. I also just learned that a friend of mine who also lives in the city has chickens in her backyard (adhering to city restrictions of course). I thought the coop she is using is awesome! It is nothing like what I thought a chicken coop should look like and the best part is it is call the “Omlet”. Check it out here I hopefully will be able to get over to her place to take some pictures soon!

This reminded me of a photo I took on my trip to Chengdu of some eggs that were for sale. They were just sitting out on the sidewalk in the sun.  A bit different then what we are used to seeing here in the US.

Winter = Whistler

There was talk today about some cold weather heading our way which means snow in the mountains, and when there is snow in the mountains that means it is time to make plans for our trip to Whistler.

 

Not sure if you have heard about the new Peak 2 Peak gondola that is opening this Friday but it is going to change the way we cover the terrain on the mountain. We are usually Blackcomb people but now that getting to the Whistler side is much easier I can see us trying the other side more often. Our usual routine was to head up Blackcomb and if the conditions were poor we would head back to the village with maybe a slight intention to try Whistler but would actually just end up in the Dubh Linn Gate for happy hour.

 

Although I can’t snowboard this year I will be happy with going to Whistler to just enjoy the atmosphere and the village!

Our Trip To Hawaii

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My husband and I went to Maui a few weeks back to get in one last trip before the baby comes. We stayed down in the Wailea area and spent most of our time on that side of the island. Since I am expecting I wasn’t sure what types of activities I could take part in, but I was able to find a few things to do.

We went snorkeling very early one morning on the Kai Kanani boat. It was a beautiful boat that left out of the Maui Prince Hotel which was right down the road and I particularly liked that is was not very touristy with tons of people and staff trying to get you to spend more money. We were the first group to all the hot spots and were able to see dolphins and sea turtles. We thought it was a great trip and very reasonable in price.

I also wanted to try paddle boarding which seemed to be the hot past time in the area. I wasn’t sure about being pregnant and learning to do it but it was not too hard and there were no waves so everything was pretty safe. We rented the boards at our hotel and set off to figure this sport out. My husband just stood up right away and I took the longer road to my feet, starting on my rear and moving to my knees and eventually my feet. Once you get up it is a bit more hard than it looks but after awhile it is pretty easy and a ton of fun.

 

We had a great trip and was very relaxing. Now we start the countdown for the baby to get here.